CTA Race of the Year 2013

[Fenderman]

I think you work plenty hard enough on this one as it is sushifiesta

 

[RasputinLives]

Yeah come on sushifiesta you don't need to give yourself yet more formulas to do!

I love the race ratings you do. Just thinking out loud about results thats all.

 

[Jen]

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I wonder if people were voting retrospectivly at the end of the year whether the scores would differ.

I would not vote, concentration span of a gnat unless something firmly fixes events in the mind!

 

[jez101]

It's an idea that a few people have had but one that I wouldn't touch with a barge-pole!

Scaredy cat

 

[jez101]

Because you're such a chicken sushifiesta , I have done it for you .

Some interesting anecdotes:

• gethinceri has the highest average vote , 9.7 (because of Bahrain)
  
• Mephistopheles has the lowest average, 3.5
• Other than those two, only teabagyokel , rufus_mcdufus and ramilas1 have registered a score on all 17 races*
• 101 different members have voted
• However you look at it, Hungary is the race of the year. 85% of voters rated it above their own personal average and only 11% rated it below. Bahrain was next up with 80% rating it above average
• As for the worst race though, in the Official Rankings, Spain is dead last but actually it's quite polarised. 21% of voters still voted Spain above average. But Singapore was only voted above average by 9% of voters.

So, time to look at myths and conspiracy theories

Hamilton's wins score more highly: certainly Hamilton won Hungary, the clear leader in Race of the Year even though only 29 overtakes were registered. But it is a sample of 1 so we need to look wider. What about when Lewis has been on the podium? Does that still float the boat?

Maybe a little bit. There's no real difference in votes when Lewis is anywhere in the top 6 and Japan where he DNFd scores above average for two thirds of us. But Spain (77%), Italy (72%) and Abu Dhabi (79%) where Lewis struggled to the finish all scored significantly below average for a lot of people.

Vettel wins are boring: Here we have a big sample - 11 out of the 17 races - and actually, yes. Votes are a bit lower in those 11 races than in the other 6. Kimi's win in Australia was also above average and Nico's wins in Monaco and Britain evened out above average. But once you throw in Fernando's wins in China and Spain things even out a bit so Vettel's whitewashes are the lesser of two evils, perhaps? Alonso's 8 podium races were much less popular on average than the other 9...

We love overtaking: or do we? I don't have the DRS / non-DRS overtakes, but it doesn't seem to be a magic formula with Hungary's 29 scoring highly and Monza with 26 scoring low. At the other end, you have a lot of overtaking in Bahrain (88) and Britain (90) and these races scored higher votes. But you also have 77 in China and 71 in Spain but we didn't like them as much and Australia (59), Malaysia (52) and Korea (64).

 

[RasputinLives]

I've voted in all 17 jez101 so once again your stat sheet lies to you.

 

[jez101]

... or you have just been and filled in open votes for Aus, Mal and China...?

 

[RasputinLives]

Me? would I do that?

(I only did it because I was certain I'd already done it).

 

[gethinceri]

Does that mean I've won?

 

[Josephiah]

We love overtaking: or do we? I don't have the DRS / non-DRS overtakes, but it doesn't seem to be a magic formula with Hungary's 29 scoring highly and Monza with 26 scoring low. At the other end, you have a lot of overtaking in Bahrain (88) and Britain (90) and these races scored higher votes. But you also have 77 in China and 71 in Spain but we didn't like them as much and Australia (59), Malaysia (52) and Korea (64).

I reckon if, as well as differentiation between DRS/non-DRS passes, we also had a measure of "battles caught on camera", that might offer a clearer picture - the skill of the race director in spotting the build-ups to passing attempts (whether completed or successfully defended against) plays a big part in our perceptions - nobody likes it when all the passes are replays...

 

[Mephistopheles]

I think we should both get a prize gethinceri It's good to see I bumped my average up by sticking that 10 in there for Austin...

 

[jez101]

Me? would I do that?

(I only did it because I was certain I'd already done it).

Hmm... then tried to confuse me by telling me that the spreadsheet had somehow mysteriously filtered you (and just you) three times!

 

[rufus_mcdufus]

gethinceri should definitely get the award for the happiest F1 fan!

 

[F1Yorkshire]

I'm sure I voted on all too. May not have commented but pretty sure I got my vote in. Will have a look to see if I missed any.

 

[Mephistopheles]

I know I voted on all of them, because I'm like that I've always got an opinion about everything...

 

[mjo]

It's good to have an opinion.

 

[The Pits]

So, jez101 a large amount of analysis now point to Mephistopheles being a miserable bastard, gethinceri most likely being drunk in charge on web access, and the rest of us being a rather fickle bunch!!

 

[gethinceri]

 

[jez101]

There are two races where I don't have full records - India and Abu Dhabi - because the polls are set as private. In these cases, I have only included the votes declared in posts in these threads.

That might be it F1Yorkshire

 

[jez101]

So, jez101 a large amount of analysis now point to Mephistopheles being a miserable bastard, gethinceri most likely being drunk in charge on web access, and the rest of us being a rather fickle bunch!!

Just what I was thinking!

I think if I was to do a recipe for a rubbish race, it would be an Alonso win with Lewis falling through the field as his tyres died on him. Add in a bunch of easy DRS overtakes and you have all the ingredients we hate the most.

It's not quite so simple to define a good race. Bahrain, Britain, Hungary. Seemingly less in common. Any ideas...?